In today's Sweden there are approximately 23 000 combination companies, and most of them have a connection with the agricultural sector. The most common type of additional operation is some form of contracting.The aim for this degree project is to answer the following question: which problems and key factors exists within combination operations? The main topic will be within coordination and management questions within agricultural companies with an additional operation.Litterateur written earlier within this subject will be used in this thesis. Mainly litterateur which contains information about combination companies and diversification of some sort. There are also other theories used in this thesis such as; resource based theory and decision making theory in order to understand the problems and key factors within combination companies.In order to investigate the aim of this thesis we have chosen to perform two qualitative interviews with the managers of two different combination companies.

The different aspects of each individual construction project such as the general conditions, design and economic restrictions as well as many more factors mean it is difficult to standardize building processes or plan in detail based on past experiences. As a result operational efficiency is often reduced, and unnecessary waste is generated. To make an organization more efficient and therefore reduce waste production everybody involved needs to appreciate and understand the improvements that can increase the organization?s efficiency. To investigate these improvements a time study was performed on two different construction sites, both of which involved buildings being constructed of prefabricated steel and concrete elements.

Titel: Motivation. En studie av motivationsfaktorer tillämpade på volontärer Författare:Ronny Adolfson, Patrik Gran och Axel Lindblom Handledare: Christer Eldh och Ola Thufvesson Syfte:Syftet med denna uppsat's är att undersöka vilka faktorer som motiverar volontärer och om dessa kan förklara's med klassisk motivationsteori. Vi vill få ökad kunskap om vilka drivkrafter det är som motiverar volontärer att prestera utan att få någon nämnvärd ersättning. Frågeställningar: Är klassisk motivationsteori tillämpbar på volontärer?Vad karaktäriserar volontären's motivationsfaktorer? Metod: Vi har använt os's av en kvalitativ metod och där foku's har lagt's på intervjuer och artiklar.

Varje år diagnostiseras 10 000 män med sjukdomen prostatacancer i Sverige. Att drabbas av sjukdomen prostatacancer är emotionellt ansträngande. Väntetiden vad gäller behandling för patienter med prostatacancer är lång. Detta gör att patienter med prostatacancer lever med sjukdomen prostata-cancer och känslorna kopplade till diagnosen prostatacancer under en lång tid. Syftet med den aktuella studien var att beskriva copingprocessen för patienter med prostatacancer innan medicinsk behandling.

The Armed Forces is looking to improve control of where articles are and the monitoring of their condition within its clothing supply. That is why Försvarets Materielverk is working on a motion to tag the Armed Forces clothing with passive RFID-tags. A cost/benefit analysis has been made in this report in order to find out whether the investment is economical justifiable and what costs and benefits arose. The analysis tool that was used is based on the PENG-model. The analysis had three scenarios with the difference that each scenario included various amounts of clothing to tag.  There has also been made an analysis where only the benefits regarding decreasing amount of lost clothes and simplified inventory were included.The result of the first analysis was that none of the scenarios was profitable during the first year.

In recent years, increasing emphasis has been placed on streamlining the supply chain. Keeping inventory and warehouses is considered to be a waste of resources. It is however difficult to completely eliminate the need for inventory and warehouses in a supply chain. The purpose of warehousing is to provide a service for the customer. By keeping what the customer demands in inventory it is possible to make a quick delivery when a need arises.

ABSTRAKTPalliativ vård innebär att ge stöd till patienter och lindra deras symtom. Vid denna typ av vård uppstår ofta tankar och känslor hos sjuksköterskor som kan vara svåra att hantera. Sjuksköterskor behöver då en strategi för att klara av det dagliga arbetet. Syftet var att belysa sjuksköterskors erfarenheter av palliativ vård och vilka coping-strategier som kan användas för att hantera känslomässiga påfrestningar som kan uppkomma inom den palliativa vården. Litteraturstudien utgick från vetenskapliga artiklar som analyserats med hjälp av manifest innehållsanalys.

The purpose with this thesis is to research what function the National Library Catalogue of Sweden (LIBRIS) has as an information resource for Chinese language material. How is LIBRIS used as an information resource seen from the point of view of a users specific language need. This will be exemplified through an empirical survey of three user groups with different prerequisites concerning their knowledge in Chinese. Group A were beginners and had studied Chinese for one year. Group B were advanced students who were studying their third year of Chinese.

 Stress och symtom på stress, ökar inom hela den svenska befolkningen. I synnerhet har stressen ökat hos hälso- och sjukvårdens professioner. Stressrelaterade sjukdomar som hjärtkärlsjukdomar och depression leder till sjukskrivningar. Sjuksköterskan löper hög risk att utsättas för hög stress på arbetsplatsen och stressens påverkan på sjuksköterskan står i relation till hur hon värderar situationen samt vilka hanteringsmöjligheter hon ser. Ett ineffektivt hanteringsmönster kan få svåra konsekvenser för hälsa och socialt liv.

Denna studie hade som syfte att undersöka vilka orsaker till stress svenska elitfotbollsdomare upplever samt hur domarna hanterar den upplevda stressen. Vidare syfte var att undersöka hur stressen påverkar domarnas hälsa, och vilken påverkan stressen har på beteendet hos domarna. Urvalet till denna studie bestod av 10 svenska elitfotbollsdomare, både män och kvinnor, med domaruppdrag inom Allsvenskan eller Superettan säsongen 2011. En semistrukturerad intervjuguide användes under antingen telefon- eller personliga intervjuer. Intervjuerna analyserades genom en kvalitativ innehållsanalys.

Stress bland ungdomar är något som går allt längre ner i åldrarna. Prestationskrav och konkurrens ökar och många ungdomar är rädda att inte räcka till vilket kan leda till stress. Syftet med studien är att undersöka vad som stressar ungdomar på det naturvetenskapliga programmet i gymnasieskolan och hur elevernas copingresurser verkar i förhållande till stressen. Studien bygger på ett flertal olika psykologiska teorier om stress och coping, däribland Krav-Kontroll-Stöd modellen, utvecklad av Robert Karasek och Thöres Theorell (1990), Lazarus och Folkmans teorier om coping (1984), Siegrist ansträngnings- och belöningsmodell (1996) samt Blumberg och Pringles (1982) prestationsteori. I studien deltog 64 elever på det naturvetenskapliga programmet i Luleå.

The purpose of this thesis is to study and determine how working in cross functional teams can generate value in an effort to facilitate innovation. An inductive scientific perspective is chosen as the research approach. A single case is investigated with the theoretical framework based on Resource Based View, Intellectual Capital, Innovation theory and theories concerning Cross Functional Teams. The empirical material has been collected through primary data; surveys, interviews and secondary data; literature, websites and further complementary data. The practice of using Cross Functional Teams will enhance organizational learning, knowledge transfer, increase communication and innovation, which in turn will increase the speed and performance of the new product development process.

Bakgrunden: Sinne för humor är individuellt, är en del av personligheten samt kan vara ett viktigt verktyg i omvårdnadsarbetet. Humor kan vara en gratis medicin som rätt anpassad kan ha positiva effekter på patienten som att lindra smärta, ge avslappning och hjälpa patienten att skapa distans till svårigheter. Trots det inbjuder sällan sjuksköterskan till humor med patienten i omvårdnadsarbetet. Syftet var att beskriva sjuksköterskans möjligheter till och användning av humor i omvårdnadsarbetet. Metod för fördjupningsarbetet var en allmän litteraturstudie baserad på 11 kvalitativa och kvantitativa artiklar.

The aim of our study has been to come to an understanding of how the executive officials within the care of the elderly experience the cooperation with relatives to elderly people who is in need and apply for public home help according to the law of social services. Our expectation of this study is that we gain an increased insight how they as executive officials manage this cooperation situations. The method we used in this study has a qualitative research approach. This design was chosen as the most appropriate approached to illuminate and exploring the experience of the executive officials. Nine executive officials has described their experience in this matter in an interview were we both participate.

The purpose of this essay is to investigate how four companies in Värmland, Sweden, are working strategically with their brands. This is a qualitative method in which we have used a combination of interviews and literature review in order to investigate the link between brands and the Karlstad region.Even though there is a huge interest in brands, there are only a few companies who can describe clearly what their own brand represents. This probably due to the fact that the brand is still regarded as a tactical tool, rather than as a strategic one. Because of this we find it very interesting to investigate how organizations in Värmland think about this issue. Are brands regarded as a strategic resource, and how strong is the link between their brands and the region?The result indicate that organizations are working strategically with their brands, but they can still get better.